Elections to Southwark Borough Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 36.7%. Election result |} Ward results Abbey Alleyn Barset Bellenden Graeme Geddes was a sitting councillor for Browning ward Jessica Wanamaker was a sitting councillor for Chaucer ward Bricklayers Browning Ann Goss was a sitting councillor for The Lane ward Brunswick Burgess Cathedral Chaucer College Consort Dockyard Rupert Doyle was a sitting councillor for Friary ward Faraday Friary Tony Goss was a sitting councillor for Newington ward Liddle Lyndhurst Tobias Eckersley was a sitting councillor for Ruskin ward Newington Riverside Rotherhithe Ruskin Rye Elsie Headley was a sitting councillor for Alleyn ward St Giles The Lane Leslie Alden was a sitting councillor for St Giles ward Richard Clough was a sitting councillor for Rye ward Waverley By-Elections The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. George Walker The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ali Balli The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Elsie Headley The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Linda Oram The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joan Price The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kenneth Carlisle The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Alan Crane The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David Main References Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1986 London Borough council elections 20th century in the London Borough of Southwark